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What's going on, fellas? I miss you guys. Yeah, buddy. I actually was going to sneak into St. John's as a caddy man and come to hang out with you, but unfortunately, didn't have a chance to.
First of all, Tariq Scrubble, it's funny that you guys were talking about him. Because here in Detroit, it's kind of like you guys were saying, if you don't want your team to lose you a 7-0 lead and be dancing in the outfield, basically come to death row like you guys were saying. I wanted to talk about Jameer Gibbs real quick. Why not? Gibbs, A1, we have Barry.
Remorse, you know what I mean? When Billy quit the Detroit Lions, he was all we had. Yep.
Now we got all of these weapons. They need to pay that guy. They definitely need to pay that guy. And I was going to shoot through the Lions schedule real quick. Oh, you want to do the win-loss?
Oh, let's go. Jeff? Yes, sir.
Okay, two things. First of all, they're going to pay Jameer Gibbs, and I think Bijan signing is going to help. You've got to pet, you now have a. A target. Yes.
The Falcons have put the target on the wall, and now it's less of a dart throw, I think, for. uh Brad Holmes and the rest of the front office to get to um An agreement with Gibbs. It's coming, it's going to happen. I would be stunned if it didn't. Let's put it that way.
So, with that in mind, I do believe, Jeff, in Detroit, you are the first to endeavor the win-loss game for the Detroit Lions. I don't have anybody written down here. Whoa. I need the music. Jeff, what happens when the Saints visit Detroit to start the season?
To start, we're going to win because Jameer is going to get paid and we're going to go. Then it's a short week. Prime Videos season premiere, and the same thing with the Buffalo Bills new stadium. What do you got for me, Lions at Bills, on a Thursday night? We're going to lose that one.
Bills always give us problems. One and one, home for the Jets. Win two and one at the Panthers. Three and one at the Cardinals. When now, four and one, three wins in a row.
Packers at Lions. Off a bite. Jordan is a thorn in my side. We get rid of Aaron. Yeah.
That's a loss. Oh, okay. Four and two. Home for the Vikings. That's gonna be a win.
Five and two at the Dolphins. That's going to be a win. 6-2, you're the home team against the Patriots in Munich. I think Jet Lag is going to, if the Patriots, or another team that gives us hell, think that's going to be a loss.
Okay, you're now six and three. Home for the box. That's going to be a win. Seven and three, Thanksgiving against the Bears. Yeah.
Ooh, we owe Ben Johnson a butt kicking. I think we're going to end up splitting that series.
So I think we're going to win on Thanksgiving. At home, on Thanksgiving, yeah, that's. 8-3 at the Falcons. Gibbs versus Bijan. I don't know why I think we're going to get tripped up at that game, but I'm going to put that as a win.
Nine and. Three. Home for the Titans. Um for the Titans For some reason, I don't know why. I think we might stumble on that one.
Oh, okay. I had that already down as a W. All right.
Now you're at the Vikings on a Sunday night. That's going to be a win. Nine. All right, Gene. You're now 10 and 4.
Monday night home against the G-Men. We gotta win one of those. A Monday night game. I think we we are are we at home? You are.
Okay, yes. 11 and 4 at the Bears. Lost. 11-5 at the Packers. Mm-hmm.
11 and 5, 11 and 5. You're either 12 and 5 or 11 and 6. We're going to split that series, so I think we're going to win.
Okay, there you go. 12 and 5. Jeff in Detroit. Great to chat with you, Jeff, as always. Take care, fellas.
How about Brad? The Lions finish up at the Bears and at the Packers. That's how they finish up. Tough. You think?
You think January 3rd and then TBD. Two January games. Take a look, man. You know, they're all at Minnesota, week 15. They are indoors, obviously, every home game.
They go to Buffalo, but in September. Um there Outdoor games are at the Miami Dolphins. That's it. And then they're indoors because Munich is indoors. And then they are indoors at the Falcons, obviously, and at the Vikings.
They're indoors the entire season. With the exception of the Bills, the Panthers, but those are both early season. Yep.
And the dolphins. And then week 17 and 18, they go to the great outdoors, and it's at Chicago, at Green Bay. Woohoo! They better sit in an ice tub, man, preparing for that because they're indoors and the only outdoor games are. either in September or in Miami.
Three of the last four, Division Road Games. That's true too. But Lions fans who are sick and tired, I'm sure, of The oh golf Outdoors is a much different quarterback than indoors. Wow. The Lions are a much different team outdoors than indoors.
Get ready for that narrative, man. We just looked at it. I have not looked at their schedule that deeply until there. Their three road games to finish the season are all in division. All of them.
Wow. Thought they are indoors. By the way, that's why I will take Jameer Gibbs. I got the second overall pick in my poker fantasy league. I will take Jameer Gibbs indoors all the way up to then.
You bet I am. What if Gibbs goes first? And then the championship game, if I am so lucky, will be at Chicago. Good luck, I guess. I just said what if Gibbs goes first, but if that's the case, then you get Bijan.
I can't imagine. Win-win. Wouldn't you take Bijan over Gibbs if you're the first overall? Wouldn't that be the case? No.
I'm in the league with you guys, so I'm going to give up. Oh, yeah. I told you you're giving up. Don't worry about it. No, I'm worried about it.
Okay, very good. We're in multiple leagues together.
So it's four downs time for the Baltimore Ravens before we get to the Golicks. Four downs. As you know, we have been previewing every single team's season. Four Downs style, all the way from last month, we're going to do it all the way to kickoff. It's time for four downs with the Baltimore Ravens.
Hit it. Four downs with Rich. Here we go. Why did he suck the four? All right.
Four downs on the Baltimore Ravens. What happens when the Ravens start playing football?
Well, guess what? First down, Declan Doyle, you are on the clock. The new offensive coordinator in Baltimore. Todd Muncin's been the OC there for the last couple of years. As we know, he's now in Cleveland as the HC.
John Harbaugh is now the HC of the NYG. What does the new offense look like? Declan Doyle comes from the Ben Johnson world and system. Young kid, if you will. Is he off the old Ben Johnson block?
Are we going to see a more wide open Ravens offense now? We're going to see Lamar under center more. What are we going to do? What are we gonna see? Because everything's reimagined now.
Hey, John Harbaugh, and the way that he's done it for the last decade and a half. He gone. And now it is time for young Turks and a new set of eyes to take a look at the way the Ravens play offense along with Lamar Jackson. And now their Pizade top six paid wide receiver in the National Football League, Zay Flowers. He now has that price tag to carry.
Along with an Offense to take the top of the defense off. Certainly if they're going to say, we're not going to let Derrick Henry beat us. And we use in Lamar's legs a little bit more. What in the world does this offense look like? That is a major first down.
For the Ravens, second down. Second down is no matter what the new offense looks like, the new defense certainly better look better. Let's put it that way.
Because the Ravens. You always think the Ravens have one of the best defenses in the NFL, right? You're always assuming that. That has been their brand. Over the last.
You know. Since the turn of the century, since Ray Lewis gets drafted there, right? You're always thinking that's the Ravens' defense that leads the way. Last year's defense did not do anything in terms of leading. 30 sacks, that's it, tied for 30th.
in the National Football League. and 247.9 yards per game. That is DFL adjacent, only the Cowboys were worse.
So, this is where Jesse Minter comes in and says, I got this, and that is third down. Is Jesse Minter, the new defensive coordinator, the new head coach, former defensive coordinator here across the street for the Los Angeles Chargers, and then with Michigan. Alongside Jim Harbaugh, there as well. Is he ready for this moment? Personally, I think so.
I'm also biased. I saw what this guy could do as a DC, and I saw what he could do in leading, and I see who he is, the type of guy that isn't going to be, you know, hysterical. He's kind of even keel. What's gonna happen though when you know It's a challenge flag time, or it's a time to go forward on fourth down. What's he going to be like?
And then, to be honest, this is something he can't control. But the Ravens did once upon a time have a defensive coordinator in the building. named Mike McDonald. And they decided not to make a switch. With John Harbaugh, there as if that was at all possible.
But if you remember, they did pretty well with McDonald's last season with the Ravens. You see what Mike McDonald is now, and he's going to be one of the stars of Hard Knocks. You already see some of these sound bites that come out. Of the HBO NFL Films edit base. Is Jesse Minta ready for prime time, and how's it going to work?
Post-John Harbaugh, what a massive change it is. And then, fourth down, it's all about the quarterback, man. And what it is, if I'm saying this about Joe Burrow. You know, what's Joe going to be thinking? That's going to be a major thing with the Cincinnati Bengals.
What's Lamar thinking? Especially if he doesn't sign a contract extension before the season. Albert Breer came here. Last week. And he's like A The story about contracts is that Lamar Hasn't signed a contract extension, and it's not because the Ravens aren't interested, or the Ravens are trying to lowball him, or the Ravens aren't gonna pay him.
It's he's got A no tag clause in 2028. He has a free path to free agency. if he just stays the course. And I guess everything that's been changed there with Minter and Declan Doyle and everything going on. What's he thinking?
And is he going to Show up and show out. And be the Lamar of those MVP seasons, whether He was winning them or should have won them, however you want to see fit. What's he thinking? And how do the Ravens handle this quarterback situation if he does not sign a contract in the next few weeks? And that'll be something that you're looking at the entire time.
If he signs the contract extension, then Lamar, as we all know, will have to be front and center as the main engine of this offense. And they could. Win the division, they could win the conference if their defense tightens up, and their offense is a lot more versatile. And that's my four downs about the Baltimore Ravens coming into the season. Thoughts?
Comments? Gents? Anybody? Obviously, the Lamar thing is a big story, right? Yeah.
Because two years, and what was Breer said Miami could be a possibility? Yeah, right.
Well, I mean, he was saying about going home. And then the defense side of things, just to bring it all full circle, I did not mention the name Trey Hendrickson. Right. Because he's going to have to rush that passer. And he's going to have to be as potent as he's ever been.
30 sacks last year. That's it. That's it. Calais Campbell's back with the team. He is.
I mean, so, you know, you've got Matt Abike, hopefully, healthy and ready to go. Um that didn't help that he was not Healthy last year. And I didn't even mention Tyler Lindemaum. They lost their center. You lose your center.
What's the new offense going to look like? How much better is the defense going to be? And It's a new way of doing everything.
So a lot of changes happen in Baltimore. Yeah. Did I miss you mention your one of your sons, Kyle Hamilton? I didn't even mention him either. I mean, but he's I mean, he's the face of the defense along with Roquan Smith now, man.
That's for sure. And if Jesse Minter Okay. Does for this Ravens defense what he did for the Chargers.
Okay. And Hamilton's in the Derwin James role. Derwin James loves Jesse Minter and loved him. Hamilton will love what Minter does with him. And it's crazy how mentors fall in completely off without knowing the plays.
Yeah. That's the way I'm bringing out two Notre Dame fighting Irish guys from my green room, everybody. That seemed unnecessary. That's not unnecessary. The guy's excellent what he does.
He's excellent at what he does.
Now, will he be as excellent at being a head coach? That's a totally different story. I think he shall. Yeah, I figured you skip Kyle because of our guests. No, it's not just that either.
No, Kyle's one of my favorite people. He's one of your sons. And where do you go to school? Yeah, I know. But I'm serious.
Kyle Hamilton, in a Derwin James role, if you will, in this defensive scheme, that he had. across the street and it's so far Could be scary. And they plus up that defense, and the offense looks better, and the offensive coordinator comes in with a new set of eyes that's Ben Johnson-like. Because you know they love running the football in Ben Johnson's system, and they got Derrick Henry to do that. Where are the explosive plays?
That's the thing. Zay Flowers, Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry. There they are. Ah, okay. Remains to be seen.
Well, they were all explosive. Lamar Jackson throwing and running, healthy. Derrick Henry still being Derrick Henry. Zay Flowers taking the top of the defense off. And then hope one of these other wide receivers that you might not be drafting in your fantasy actually has a waiver wire moment where you're just all over that guy.
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and Mike Jr. are here on the program. Look at us, man. It's, you know, what's doing interviews before the show, people always ask, how's the show going to be different? You know what?
And my response is: nobody's reinventing the sports talk wheel. It's not. But I'll say this: I'll put up this stat amongst any national and probably local show in the country that we have over everybody else. That is. That I'm the only host who has changed the diapers of his other co-hosts.
I mean, seriously, someone beat that. I mean, it doesn't mean anything as far as the show's concerned. No, it says nothing about the quality. No, nothing. I don't want to top you, but Chris Brockman is currently wearing a Rich Eisen show branded diaper right now.
Wow. And usually when he's silent, it's because he's making a boom boom. I don't know if this is too out there. Is this TMI? Is it waterproof?
Is that a swim diaper, too? Is it a sweet? You're good for the ocean? I have a pool at home. That's all I'll say.
Okay. And what pool end up? The pond is good for me.
Well, there you go. All right, too much information. You're probably correct. Yeah, that happened. What was the first time you guys ever did anything together?
After Mike and Mike ended in 17, from 18 to 20, it was myself, Trey Wingo, and Mike. There was a trio. But never like as a kid or anything like that? No, I mean, I went on, you know, back in the day, like when Mike and Mike was going on, I was committing to Notre Dame. Yes.
I went and signed my national letter of intent on the show. It was a blank piece of paper. I'd faxed the actual NLI earlier that morning. Oh, you recreated the actual? He did.
To Notre Dame, not Michigan. To Notre Dame. Understood? Yeah. Okay.
We'll get to that in a sec. Oh, yeah. I didn't break your model of the big house. In the green room. It was already non-stroke.
For some reason, it was already cracked. I don't. I need to get a new one of them. Gotcha. All right.
I held off on that. All the kids had all signed their letters of intent. My son Jake did in Notre Dame. My daughter Sidney swam at Notre Dame. They all came on the show and signed.
It's always been a family show. We always, always talk about the family. But it wasn't anything like you were a kid and you're like talking into a microphone and because you saw dad beginning to do that sort of stuff.
So the funny thing is, is like we never had that moment together. I always knew, like, going back to high school, when people would ask me what I wanted to do, I knew this was it. I was fortunate when I got to Notre Dame that behind-the-scenes media coverage, YouTube, digital media was in its infancy at that point. And me and one of my teammates, Brandon Newman, who's now also working in the industry, got to do a lot of the behind-the-scenes content. That was really my first foray in front of the microphone.
But dad and I didn't really have that chance together in those said same ways. But I do remember, and you guys all get a kick out of this, very inside baseball, one of my first times going into. ESPN's office in Bristol with dad. He brought me in and was taking me around and kind of just showing me the actual work behind the scenes of things because I was now at the age where I'd seriously considered wanting to do this. And like one of the first things he had me do was he took me in one of the side rooms because he had to go and record live reads.
And he had me do read-throughs of them.
So leave it to my father, who I always say at Radio Row, I put him up pound for pound with everyone in terms of slinging and selling product to the masses out at Radio Row. The first thing he had me do was learn how to make sure the bills got paid. You know what? Encouraging. My dad was a French teacher, okay?
He never gave me the ropes on a live read ever. You know what I mean? Yeah. And I was terrible at French, too. I couldn't do that.
So you're lucky. I tried to help. Yeah. You know, but that's how you do a live read, son. At times, he's a kid and thinks he knows more than me.
You know what? He doesn't bend the knee enough. Why do you keep saying it like that? Who's coming? By the way, who has a radio show in the Hall of Fame?
Well, I mean, I don't want to. You would think he might want to take some pointers. You and Green are together, man. That's in the Hall of Fame. Yeah.
That's in the Hall of Fame. So good luck to you, Mike. Yeah, hey, listen. I'm just trying to show you all out. We've already got the bar set for Dad.
You know what I mean? Listen, much like my attempted NFL playing career, I'm just trying to get to the building every day and have my ID badge still work. Fantastic. It failed there. We'll see if it succeeds.
Fantastic. And by the way, to start your show off together on the outset of football season, I mean, that's just what it's all about. Cannot beat it. We get to talk football. You kidding me.
Bone line's like, man, when it's football season. And I mean, we could see here on occasion there'll be a baseball story that will pop, or obviously the NBA will pop. But nothing beats the playing. You know that. Nothing beats football year-round.
So the NFL story is what going into the season, Mike Sr., give it to me. I mean, you have obviously the quarterback competitions going on. Minnesota and in Atlanta. Just the overall regular season, the story is what? I would say, you know, it's kind of been in the news as of late.
Yes. Because. The AFC has always been about Kansas City, Buffalo, and And I'm missing one of the teams. The Bengals generally in that band. And Baltimore, Baltimore.
And last year it was New England, Denver, and the NFC. It was the Bears.
So it's like, which one of those teams will keep going? Two of them were 14-3. The other was 11-6. The Bears were 11-6. Or which one's going to regress?
Which one's going to take a step back? Because as a fan, you see your team in the Super Bowl and lose it. The next step is winning the Super Bowl. You see your team in the AFC title game. The next step is getting to the Super Bowl.
So which team is going to regress and take a step back? What about you, Junior? Who's going to catch the Rams? I mean, we're dealing with the baseball version of this with the Dodgers right now after the trade deadline, like you mentioned. And for the Rams, they make an even more impactful move.
You could argue with Miles Garrett and bringing him over.
So they've got the defending Super Bowl champion in the division with them. It looks like the NFC West is going to be a juggernaut if the 49ers can keep anyone healthy right now as the substation folks get everything they could ever want to feast on and more in terms of that. But I do truly think it's, all right, the Rams. Have gone all in once again after drafting decently well in the limited window where they had a first-round pick. They're back to the bleep them picks model.
And it's, I think, can anyone go and crack the iron hide of the team that's really right now looking like they're all in on 26. And then, how does that reverberate amongst the locker rooms of the NFC frontrunners as well, including the defending Super Bowl champs and how that all works? Walk me through what it would be like in an offensive lineman meeting room leading up to a Rams game if Aaron Donald comes back and plays alongside Miles Garrett.
Well, he was the old lineman, so how would that meet? How would those meetings go? You're not going to sleep a lot that week, would be my thought. Because I always said football at its core is a simple game where the best teams and the best units are ones where you have one guy that's equal to two. Yes, sir.
And so if you've got Miles Garrett and Aaron Donald, well, now you've got two guys that are equal to four. And I'm starting to get into math that's not good for an offensive line that's only got. Five guys, and so it really is about picking your poison. You know, especially in the NFL, you look at the offensive response to great rushers and how many resources you have to allocate two hands, two sets of hands on any great rusher at once. And so now the fact that you can put those guys on the same side, put them on opposite sides.
Are you keeping tight ends? And are you trying to chip? Are you double-teaming from inside? There are a lot of tools at your disposal, but ultimately, you've got two of the best of all time and a host of other great young players. They're deep.
Like Kobe Turner and Puna Ford on the inside of this line, you know, Byron Young, or yeah, Byron Young on the other side. Like you've got guys at all these different spots. You know what they want to do, though? If you're a guard, and Mike was a guard at Notre Dame and a center, is you want the sliding to go your way. You want the center to come your way to help with Aaron Donald.
And you want a tight end to chip on Miles Garrett or a back to chip on Miles Garrett. That's why it's so right. And they got McDuffie for the back end to maybe give an extra beat. Is it the Rams and the field? It's kind of.
Of, like, when you talked about Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods in the field. Yeah, I hear you. And that would be the general sense. But you know the NFL, like there's always injuries. There's always this.
And if you put the Ram schedule up, Mike Hoskins, it's. It's on, man. I mean, it's not easy. And you, you know, obviously the first game in Melbourne against San Francisco, then there's a Monday night against the Giants. You know, who a lot of folks are thinking is a sleeper team, or you never know who they are at Denver, at Philadelphia, home for Buffalo on a Monday night.
Three game stretch. You know, I mean, there's that. You take a look at after their bye, week 12, home for Green Bay, then there's the Kansas City. Thursday nighter. Along with a visit to San Francisco before coming back and hosting Dallas, and then two of their last three are against Seattle wrapped around a visit.
I love when scheduling does that when they put the two top teams in. You remember that that was born out of the Colts taking a knee on an undefeated season. By the way, letting the Jets into the playoffs and almost having the Jets, you know, and the Jets returning to Indianapolis only to lose. But bottom line is, it makes sense to put all of the division games. We just were looking at the Lions schedule, putting the division games in late in the season.
Lions finish their last two on the road in Chicago and Green Bay.
So it's fun. It's always great. And so putting it all together, I'm only mentioning that because you're sitting here saying, okay, Rams, can they go 17-0? No. You look at that schedule now.
No, I mean, that's crazy. Undefeated, it's crazy to think. And it's the most off-injured sport you can't. Prognosticated injury.
So someone's going to get hurt. It's just a matter of when in the season we have them healthy for the playoffs. How much time will they miss? Let's talk a little bit of Notre Dame football with you two goals. Is that okay?
It's going to be fine. I mean, we had CJ Carr on because, you know, he's the grandson of one of the best Michigan coaches. Oh, wait a minute. I'm being told C.J. Carr is also a Heisman favorite.
And, you know, and it's funny because I said to him about how everything went down last season. and not being invited to the tournament and how that's going to work out for them this year. And is Coach going to use that in any way, shape or form? He goes, Yeah, we're not talking about it that much. Then he mentions that coach has got a phrase for the year saying, leave no doubt.
And I'm like That's absolutely up last year. You can't leave that out, right? Right. I mean, it has to be part of the mentality going forward. Yeah.
Yeah. No doubt, like, just beat the crap out of everybody, and they're going to obviously have to let you in the tournament. They can afford one loss as an independent. Two, like we saw last year, would probably keep them out. They're not really independent.
They're not really. I mean, they play half a Big Ten and half an ACC schedule.
Well, if you ask the public that hates them, they're independent and they shouldn't be independent, and they should join a conference. Why not? They already do. They got a foot in them both. Ask the ACC if it feels like they have them as a full member.
I can guarantee after what we saw in November of last year, that's not the case. They don't have to split the money with anybody either. I love the coach, though. I want to, as you know, I wake up trying to hate on Notre Dame in any way, shape, or form. I love this guy.
I can't hate him. I even told him, I'm like, you make it tough to hate you. You really do. I mean, he's got it all. He really does.
It was a situation where I was deeply uncomfortable in 2024 during Notre Dame's run-up to where they played Ohio State in the championship game. Yes. Because Notre Dame had become a team that was liked by so many, in no small part, due to the fact that Marcus Freeman, the charisma, the story of the team was all there. And so it almost felt like home. After the bull opt-out last year, when everyone started crashing down, I was like, this is more of what I'm used to.
This feels like where we're supposed to be. You know, and it's funny that game against the Ohio State. Let's be respectful, okay? Don't forget the V. Against the Ohio State.
It was just a month before then, or probably about a month and a half before then, when Michigan had beaten the Ohio State for a fourth consecutive time. Um that uh everyone wanted Ryan Day out. And Freeman to go back to David Otter. Exactly right. And then, oh, nope, Ryan Day's just perfectly fine.
You know, it's I just I love I love the Ohio State fans. They're just all over the map. It must be nice. I'm amazed though at not at Ohio State and Michigan fans, and I'll ask you. Please.
Because you hear some of them say, I'd rather win. That Ohio State-Michigan matchup and not be the national champ, then lose that game and be the national champion. That's ridiculous. Those are all Ohio State fans, not me.
Okay. Those are all not me. It makes no sense. Not at all. They're the ones who think about Michigan all the time.
We don't think about them as much as they do think about us because we also have an in-state rival. They don't have an in-state rival. Oh, so you're John Hamm in the elevator. I don't think about you at all. I don't think about you at all.
That's correct. That's exactly the scene. Ohio State fans. I mean, like, Ryan Day and Ohio State, pardon me, the Ohio State, you know, announced that they're putting a Chase logo in there on the chest, right? And Ryan Day is like, well, the Chase logo had blue in it, and I had to call them up and make sure we're not putting blue on there.
Now we've got a new head coach at Michigan who's like Kyle Winningham is just like, yeah, the hatred in this rivalry. I don't get it. Love him. Love him. I love him too.
Love Kyle. But I told him he's got to wean himself off his urban Meyer relationship. He can't. Ooh, interesting.
Sorry.
So there is a limit to what you're going. The topic of the market. Correct.
Okay. Correct.
We can't have, you know, we can't have it. You know, they're going to be cordial, but not bad. I'll give him a cordial plus. He's been friends with the guy for a while. You can't just quit him, cold turkey.
I understand. They go way back to the Utah staff together. I get it. Urban coming to speak to the team this fall before a game. Oh, no.
Because, you know, he'll be like the Manchurian candidate. Oh, that would be awesome. That's an old. Pop culture. I was going to say, I've seen it.
I haven't seen that movie, have you? No, I haven't seen that. There you go. I'm fine. All right.
And so let's just get right down to it, though. Rudy was offsides, right? He was offsides. Were you there that day? My brother Bob was a freshman starting line.
You were not there yet. I was at that. No, I was not there though.
Okay, Bob was 75. I got there in 81. Bob was a freshman.
Okay. So would Bob tell me for real that he was offsides or what? Bob would probably tell you for real what one. I know the term is he got a good jump. Got it.
Speaking of jumping, do you want to tell him about Rudy Rudiger?
Okay, so the real Rudy, the guy, actual Rudy Rüdiger, right, has heard how much Rich hates him. I don't hate him. I don't hate him. And the movie. The movie.
And the movie. Yeah. Right? And he wishes. And director David Onspock told us this.
Yeah. And he hopes that he pops a hammy every time he does that. That's true. Right. Yeah, I do.
The real Rudy wants to fight Rich. He wants to hit him. Oh, wow. He really wants to have a fight with me. According to David Ontspa, the director of Rudy and also Hoosiers.
Yeah. And he also told me that Hoosier's, that Rudy is a, what he said, it was a Ken Burns documentary compared to Hoosiers. Hoosiers, he says, is totally made up out of whole cloth, except for the fact that Milan High did win one time. I couldn't tell you I've never seen it.
Well, he's never seen it. Rich, I have this fight with him all the time. And he won't see it. Heck. He won't see it.
What I will say about Rudy is, and it's tough for me to say, there's a lot of Hollywood in it. I'm sure. There's a Hollywood movie. That one I'm not surprised about. But I always say, you know, Rudy was offsides.
I kind of have fun like that. And the real Rudy? He said what David said that he lives next door to either Mike Tyson or Floyd Mayweather in Vegas. That's a big difference in terms of whose training. Yeah, that really is.
And by the way, in Rudy, Vince Vaughan threw a great halfback pass. Oh, my goodness. Incredible. I understand about the whole Rudy business. Yeah.
But okay, now you could, I mean, you could tie that together, fight the Paul brothers, and you're good to go. Listen, I have no say in this, okay? Got it. Okay. I have no say in what I'm about to say.
Oh, interesting. But, you know, I root for your success. Because that also means success for the radio network and you lead into this show. But I don't know if I can have somebody host a show that leads into mine who's not watched Hoosiers. I can't.
I don't. I don't want to watch white. I don't know what to do about this. Thank you. I've tried so hard.
I risk fundamentals. What are we doing? Black purple. Yeah, I mean, God. We're like one standard deviation point from that.
You remember that commercial where the guy's like, Coach, the ball went off me. That feels like if that commercial became a movie, I base that off nothing. I haven't even read the Wikipedia. Again, that's what I talked about. I try and parent him.
I try and parent him the best I can, and he shuns me. I can't even look at him. I don't blame you. I have to keep looking at you. I can't even look at Senior because that means I'd be even potentially looking in that direction.
And I'm contractually obligated to look at him and talk with him. Contractually. Or I would nullify this contract. It's horrible. And so, is it reached the point now where it's being mentioned so many times that you're going to be adamant to not watch it?
Oh, he's at that point. I think everyone's allowed to have one bit that defies logic in their life. My best friend in college, one of our quarterbacks, Dane Christ, maintains to this day, he's a 37-year-old father or two that he's never chewed gum in his entire life. I find that completely farcical. But I can't prove that he's ever done it.
And now it's gotten to the point where he's not going to chew gum just because it's a part of the lore. That's me with Hoosiers. I've never had coffee. You know what? The flavor.
That I kind of understand. The flavor of the gum is dentine. That's it. You see what I'm saying? That's the line.
He doesn't get the line. No. I get the line. Anybody who's watched this movie gets the line. And Rudy was offsides.
Okay? Got a good jump. All right.
Great job. Do you want to stick around for the end of the hour? Because I got to take a break. You know how it is about the radio. If you want us here, we'll stay.
I did, but not. I'm thinking not to say that. You want him to go, don't you? You want him to go? Go make some salmon.
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The Golicks are still here. Go ahead.
Okay. If it's Floyd Mayweather or Mike Tyson, there's a difference. If Floyd Mayweather trains him, he's going to be more defensive. Yes, that's true. Or if Tyson trains him, you're in trouble.
Well, I mean, I know if Floyd Mayweather trains Rudy, that gives me a chance to potentially go all 10 rounds. Yes. Right. Exactly. Sure.
Mike Tyson. Tyson, you got two ties. I just. You were probably too young to watch Mike Tyson fight, right? I used to watch, so when I get to the Friday Night in the Hotel Room when I was in college.
Yeah. Me and one of my roommates at the time would always turn on like ESPN Classic and Every couple of Fridays for one season, they would have Mike Tyson's knockout reo on there. Watching that the night before a football game will get the juices flowing in the exact right ways. I have. Never seen anything like the power on uppercuts that missed from Tyson.
There were Mike Tyson fights that lasted.
So you Short. They went so fast that a friend of mine went to the men's room at the touching of the gloves, and by the time he came out, it was over. And the thing about it is, it's such a physical sport where you have to have such confidence. The fear you would see in other fighters' eyes when he would come across the ring. They were done.
I remember. Oh, I remember all that. But that said, you still off sides. I don't care. All right.
No, no.
Sorry.
So when it all comes down to it, you guys are 10 a.m. to noon, then I'm noon to three. Is there anything I can I can do for you? Is there anything I can do for you to Set you up for even though you're setting me up. I would say, get some of your Hollywood guests.
I mean, oh my lord. I would like access to the green room just for the snack selection there. I live pretty close down the street. If you guys want, I'll offer this to you as a service. I'll come in early for our show.
Hang out here, turn the lights on, get it warmed up for you guys. I'll get the coffee going, how you like it. You know, just let me come hang out here. And if you leave whatever snacks were left over from yesterday there, then everyone will win. Why would you do that for me?
See that? See? Here's what we'll do, though. We'll reject his ability to have the snacks he wants on behalf of you at a solid day. I appreciate that.
We're together here. I know. I can see that I'm not going to crack the iron hide of all these years of.
Now you know what it is. At least you know what my axe that I'm grinding against you is. No, listen, all I appreciate is that you're straight up with me about it. See Hoosiers, which is an outrage.
Now you're probably telling me Die Hard's a Christmas movie. Don't. I mean, don't. Don't. Hold on a minute.
Hot Dogs a Sandwich, LeBron Jordan. What else do we want to throw in? Yeah, those are. By the way, football's back. We don't have to waste time with those.
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Okay. Oh, no. Do you know how many live reads I've screwed up over the years? You can read. That's the biggest difference between everybody.
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